Product reviewsFrom Time To Time (DVD, 2011)

Julien Fellowes rises to mediocrity

TIME AFTER TIME:2011 What is it about this Julian Fellowes? He seems to be the darling of the current age as far as period dramas are concerned – more like the Mills & Boons of
period drama in my book. Here he both wrote the script and directed. The piece is a kind of cross between the Secret Garden and Ghostbusters. Axel Etel turns up at his grannies country house in 1944 and begins to see his ghostly ancestors; starts turning injustice to justice in the past and, guess what? Finds the hidden treasure to save granny selling the house – this you see coming from about 10 mins. into the film. Axel Etel, who as far as I am concerned was the greatest English child actor of our time, is sadly too old for the part. And Maggie Smith plays Maggie Smith (always a pleasure your dame-ship) Fellowes manages to conjure little sense of period be it 1944 or 1810. His attempts at suggesting an English winter (when it's actually summer are pathetic - ooh lets sprinkle some plastic snow here) there’s one shot arwhich is supposed to just before Christmas when mosquitos can be seen flying around Axel Etel's head; and the opening shot shows us a railway track (c 1944) with concrete sleepers.- 4 decades too soon – a simple adjustment of the camera would have avoided this. A very mediocre vehicle no doubt making Mr Fellowes a bomb.Read full review...

Lovewly Film

This is a lovely little film that I bought to watch with my 9 years old grand-daughter - she loved it.

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A Cult film of the future - Only in England can you make a film like this!

Despite an excellent cast (including the amazing Maggy Smith)and top quality production values this film appears to inexplicably have gone un-noticed by the majority of people.

It is actually an adaptation of the second of Lucy M. Boston's Green Knowe books,"The Chimneys of Green Knowe" Although these books (there were six in all) were primarily intended for children or teenage readers they actually have a strong Supernatural content and rich characterisations that make them equally enjoyable for adult viewers and excellent films to sit and watch with the kids. The only previous adaptations of the books was the BBC serial "The Children of Green Knowe" in the 1980s. This was essentially produced as a Christmas Story and although it now appears quirky and perhaps dated, it still does that job very well. "From Time To Time" on the other hand has a slightly harder edge and tries to deal a little more with family estrangement and difficult relationships rather than just the lead characters ability to relate to his ancestors (with whom he is regularly able to interact).

This is a quintessentialy British film, atmospheric,creepy, well acted and with beautiful locations. If you ever enjoyed Sunday afternoon dramas on TV then purchase this, make a pot of tea, draw the curtains and lose yourself for a couple of hours in the kind of Drama that can only be made in EnglandRead full review...

Wonderful

Great characterisation, wonerfully acted by a great troupe of actors, especially Maggie Smith. Great storyline t oo.

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Entertaining

I thought this film quite entertaining. It is always good to see Maggie Smith and the supporting cast were wonderful too but it was not really my cup of tea.

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Good Viewing.

A really good and engaging story, well acted by all characters. An extremely reasonably priced dvd, delivered as promised and in excellent condition.

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nice easy going viewing

nice easy going viewing with an emotional ending

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Worth watching from time to time.

A good period drama with supernatural elements and a story everyone can enjoy. Maggie Smith was great as were the children in the cast. Plot was a bit predictable but still a good story told from point of view of the children. Suitable for children and teenagers to enjoy. Read full review...

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good film

watched the film a while back and i enjoyed it so much i bought it for my residents and they loved it . Clever story very interesting 5*****

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Engaging film

A gentle film which all the family can watch. I am not usually happy watching film that jump from one time to another and back again but I found this entertaining and the two time frames come together quite nicely at the end. Thoroughly recommended.Read full review...

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